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A '''harpsichord''' is a string instrument similar to a piano but where the strings are plucked rather than hammered. The harpsichord was known to exist in the 1500's. It was supplanted by the piano in the 1800's.  

A '''harpsichord''' is a [[string instrument]] similar to a [[piano]], but its strings are plucked rather than hammered. The harpsichord was known to exist as early as the 1500's. It was supplanted by the piano in the 1800's.<ref>[http://cfaonline.asu.edu/haefer/classes/564/564.papers/pierceharpsichord.html History of the Harpsichord in Eighteenth Century France and the Flemish Influence by Janet Pierce]</ref>

 

==External Links==

==Links==

* [http://www.harpsichord-man.com/audio.htm| Picture and sound samples]  

* [http://www.harpsichord-man.com/audio.htm| Picture and sound samples]  

==References==

==References==

* [http://cfaonline.asu.edu/haefer/classes/564/564.papers/pierceharpsichord.html| History of the Harpsichord in Eighteenth Century France and the Flemish Influence by Janet Pierce]

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